Effects of anthropogenic noise on anuran amphibians

V Zaffaroni-Caorsi, C Both, R Márquez, D Llusia… - Bioacoustics, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Anthropogenic noise is widespread in nature and has been shown to produce a plethora of
impacts on wildlife. Sounds play a fundamental role in the lives of amphibians, with species …

Noise affects mate choice based on visual information via cross-sensory interference

B Zhu, H Zhang, Q Chen, Q He, X Zhao, X Sun… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Animal communication is often hampered by noise interference. Noise masking has
primarily been studied in terms of its unimodal effect on sound information provision and …

Sexy fingers: Pheromones in the glands of male dendrobatid frogs

DA Almeida, E Twomey, F Vargas‐Salinas… - Molecular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Many animals exchange chemicals during courtship and mating. In some amphibians,
sexual chemical communication is mediated by pheromones produced in male breeding …

Eating to the beat of the drum: vibrational parameters of toe tapping behavior in Dendrobates truncatus (Anura: Dendrobatidae)

N Vergara-Herrera, R Cocroft, LA Rueda-Solano - Evolutionary Ecology, 2023 - Springer
Toe tapping is performed by certain anuran species while foraging for their prey. This
behavior has been described in different frog families, with some hypotheses regarding its …

Experimental evidence that toe-tapping behavior in the green-and-black poison frog (Dendrobates auratus) is related to prey detection

LM Schulte, Y König - acta ethologica, 2023 - Springer
Toe-tapping, the quick movement of the middle toes of the hind legs, has been observed in
many frogs and toads, and is usually associated with feeding, calling, or courtship …

Wild social behavior differs following experimental loss of vision in social hermit crabs

EP Steele, ME Laidre - The Science of Nature, 2023 - Springer
Even for animals with multiple senses at their disposal, there may be a strong reliance on a
single sense, like vision, for social behavior. Experimentally blocking or eliminating vision …

White-edged cowards: high-pitched treefrogs will be attacked by those with orange legs

R Rebouças - Behaviour, 2022 - brill.com
Anurans are one of the most diverse groups of animals, with single and multi-modal
communication forms commonly used to settle disputes over territory and to attract females …

Tap dancing frogs: Posterior toe tapping and feeding in Dendrobates tinctorius

TQ Parrish, EK Fischer - Ethology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Animals have myriad adaptations to help them hunt and feed in the most efficient and
effective manner. One mysterious behavior related to hunting and feeding is the posterior …

Multimodal signaling in Boana albopunctata (Anura: Hylidae): reading visual and acoustic cues

AR de Lourenço, CFB Haddad… - Phyllomedusa: Journal of …, 2020 - revistas.usp.br
Multimodal signaling in Boana albopunctata (Anura: Hylidae): reading visual and acoustic
cues. The acoustic mode of communication is important for anurans, but visual …

Tap Dancing Frogs: Posterior Toe Tapping and Feeding Behavior in Dendrobates tinctorius

TQ Parrish, EK Fischer - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Animals have myriad adaptations to help them hunt and feed in the most efficient and
effective manner. One mysterious behavior related to hunting and feeding is the posterior …